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158 WILLIAM JEFFERSON ALLISON, OF HEBER, ARK.
ALLISONS OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, NORTH CAROLINA
AND VIRGINIA—FOURTH BRANCH.
746. David Allison^ of Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a
brother of the noted William Allison of that city, emigrated
to Ashe county, North Carolina His wife was Nancy Black.
He was a farmer and stock raiser ; a member of the Masonic
order. Their son,
747. Samuel Allisou,^ born in Glasgow, Scotland, married
Rebecca Scott ; lived and died in Ashe county. North Carolina
; was a farmer and stock raiser. His death was a tragic
one—an insane man stole into his room in the dead of night
and cut his head off with a corn cutter. His son,
748. Robert Allison,^ removed to Broad Ford, Smythe
county, Va., where he lived in 1892. He married, in 1847,
Anna Mary Reedy, daughter of Samuel and Susan Reedy,
of Grayson county, Virginia. He purchased a farm of 300
acres, and raised a family of eight sons and a daughter. Mr.
Allison has held many public offices, and was collector of
internal revenue for the second district of Virginia, in 1892.
CHILD.
749. William Jefferson Allison/ b. Sept. 22, 1848; m., April 5, 1868, Jane
Hill of Ashe Co., N. C. ; removed to Ohio in 1871; became a
student of medicine; gi-aduated in 1876 from the school of
physicians and surgeons in Cincinnati, and successfully practised
his profession. Mrs. Allison died in 1881. Mr. Allison is a
member of the " Churcli of Christ,